… will be the CDU-CSU chancellor candidate? On Saturday, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) elected a new leader, … Party (SPD) which governs with the CDU and CSU in a “grand coalition” likewise dropped, from 25.7 percent in 2013 to … the preserve of the SPD, Greens, and other left-of-center parties. Nevertheless, in yet another repudiation of the CDU, …